Licensed Architect - AI Trainer

Obsidian; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 62,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Obsidian is seeking an experienced architect to lead design coordination and permit-set production in Detroit, MI. The role involves coordinating architectural drawing sets, reviewing RFIs, and ensuring cross-sheet consistency across projects.

The ideal candidate will be a licensed architect with 8+ years in a project architect or job captain role, US model code experience, and proficiency with Bluebeam Revu. This is a full-time on-site opportunity offering growth as projects scale.

Qualifications

• Licensed architect; in lieu of license, 8+ years as project architect or job captain producing permit sets.
• 8+ years US-based experience in US model code jurisdictions preferred.
• Proficiency with Bluebeam Revu or equivalent for markup and review.

Responsibilities

• Review architectural RFIs and coordinate cross-sheet reviews.
• Lead design coordination and back-check of drawing sets.
• Mentor junior designers and maintain office drawing standards.

Skills

Project coordination

Drawing set coordination

RFI process understanding

Education

Licensed architect

Tools

Bluebeam Revu

Job description

We are building a large set of evaluation tasks for the construction and property field. Each task starts from real drawings, documents and site photos, and asks for the same structured deliverable you would produce at work: an RFI response, a coordination comment set, a marked-up set. You author the task and the correct answer, and a second reviewer in your discipline checks it before it ships.

What you would be building

Tasks drawn from real design and coordination work, including: architectural RFI response review, architectural set QC check, technical peer review, cross-sheet coordination review, constructability review, redline back-check, design change approval, addendum change scoping, as-built drawing production, pre-bid drawing scope review, drawing-set document control, commissioning design review, and shop drawing review for interiors, millwork and building envelope details.

Who we are looking for

You currently hold, or recently held, the seat that produces and coordinates permit and construction drawing sets: architect of record, project architect, job captain, or design coordination lead. Licensed architect. In lieu of a license, 8 or more years as a project architect or job captain producing permit sets.3 or more years in the seat, US based, working in US model code jurisdictions. We prefer 8 or more years. You can mark up drawing sets and details. Bluebeam Revu or equivalent.

What makes someone excellent here

The hard part is not answering the RFI, it is knowing which cross-sheet conflict a rushed reviewer signs off on. Standouts have usually run set QC or back-check on other people's drawings, mentored job captains, maintained office standards or a detail library, or worked both sides of the RFI process as designer and as reviewer.

Probably not a fitCAD or BIM drafters without authorship of the set, renderers and visualization specialists, interior decorators, and PMs who coordinate schedules rather than drawings.

Paid hourly at $45 to $60 depending on experience, with a path to grow your rate as the project scales.